The Sun. — London, England, 1864-05-25 00:00:00

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, Covent -garden. From this time until the end of the season there will b ee four Opera nights in each week, viz., every Monday, ied Thursday, and Saturday. Extra Night. Mlle. Lucca ; Madame Didiee. M. Fan e ; Signor Grazia ni ; Signor Mario. TO-MORROW EVENING (Thursday), May 26, will be performed, t)r the second time this season, Gounod's Opera, FAUST E MARGHERITA. Xiargherita, inEng Paulined ; Mellste' Lucca, her second a ppearance in that characterlan e, Siebe , Madame D idiee Si ; Marta, Mdlle. Anese ; e M. Faure ; Valentino, Signor Greziani ; Wagner. nor Tagliafice ; and Faust, Signor Mario, his second appearance in that character. Conductor, Mr. Costa. Commence at half past Eight. pit tickets,amphitheatre sta ls, 10s. 6d., 75., and 55.: rophitheatre. 28. 6d. Boxes, stalls, and tickets may be had a t the box-office under the portico of the tneaire, which is open from ten to five, and at the principal musicsellers' and librarians'. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. FIRST TIME OF LES HUGIJENOTS. TO-MORROW EVENING (Thursday , May 26, will be per formed, first time this season, Meyerbe er ' s Grand Opera, LES HUGUENOTS. Signori Giuglini, Marcel o Junca, Santley, Gassier, Bossi, Casaboni, Manfredi, Mariotti, and Tavella; Mdlle. Louise Llebhardt, Mdlle. Trebelli, and Mdlle. Titiens. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. In the Incidental Ballet , Gran d Pas de Deux, Mdlle. Cata rina Ber..tta and Sig. Aramaturo. Saturday Next, FAUST. Grand 31orniDg Performance , Wednesday, June Ist. FAUST. Notice.—ln active 'preparatio-, Beethovence in that cha 's FIDELIO, Leonora, by Male. Titiens (her first appearan fader:. C o mmence at Half -past Eight o'clock. Pit Tickets, 7s. ; Reserved Box Seats. lOs. 6d. • Amphi theatre Stalls, ss. and 7s. ; Gallery, 28. 6d. ; Private Boxes, in the Upper Circle, 218. Box Office of the Theatre open daily, where places may be eured ; also at Ilitchelr s, Bubb's, Lacon and Other's, Bond street;sr Leader's. Opera Colonnade ; Sam's, St. James's street, Cramer, Wood, and Co.'s, and Hammond's.Regent street ; Keith, PrOWBe, and Co.'s, Cheapside ; and at Chappell and Co.'s, 50, New Bond-street. ITER MAJESTY'S THEATRE ONE GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE. WEDNESDAY, June 1. Gounod's celebrated Opera, FAUST. Ti:iens, Trebelli ; Santley, Gassier, Giuglini. Conductor, Signor ARDITI. Doors open at Half-past One. Commence at Two o'clock. I HEATRE ROYAL HAYNIARKET.- Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr, Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Howe and Miss L. Angel. After which, DAVID GALtRICK. Messrs. Sothern, Chippendale, Buckstone, Rogers, Clark, Weathersby, iSzc. ; Mesdames Snowden, Nelly Moore, Fitzwilliam. After which, the new Easter piece, entitled VENUS AND ADONIS. Messrs. Compton, Wm. Farren, Coe. Arc.; Mes dames Louise Keeley, Snowden. Nelly Power, Hill, Wright, Lagers, &C. To conclude with MRS. WHITE. Mr. Compton. Commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM. THEATRE. Under the Sole Management of Mr. Fechter. Mr. FECHTER will perform HAMLE r THIS EVENING (Wedneday). Claudius, Mr. Emery Polonius, Mr. John Brougham;a Ghost, Mr. G. Jordan; Laertes, Mr. C. Vanden h,ff ; Horatio, Mr. J. G. ShoCharles; First Gravedi,crger, Mr. H. Widdicomb ; Osric, Mr. ke . F. Morton, Raymond, Moreland, Clifford, Edmonds, Wall bank, Collett; Ophelia, Miss Rate Terry ; Actress, Miss M. Hem ade ; and Gertruie, Miss Elsworthy. The Scenery painted by Mr. W. Telbin. Notice. —The doors open athalf .past 7, and Hamlet com mences at 8. Box Office open daily from Eleven o'clock till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-. Sole Lesee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVENING, BORN TO GOOD LUCK. Paddy O'Rafferty, Mr. Dominick Murray. After which, Shakspere'i ROMEO AND JULIET. Ro meo, Mr. J. Nelson ; Mercutio, Mr. Vining ; Nurse, Mrs. 11. Marston ; Juliet, Mdlle. Stella Colas. NEW THE ATRE-RO YAL, ADELPHI.- Soto Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Last Week but two of Ihe Great Trag-ediene, Miss Bateman, in the character of LEAtt. THIS EVENING,an apropos Sketch, SHAKESPEARE'S BOUSE : Messrs. J. L. Toole, R. Phillips, Stephenson. er which, at 8, LEAH : Miss Bateman, supported by Messrs. A. Stirling, R. Phillips, Billingtoll, Stuart, Eburne, Stephenson ; mrs. Biilington. To conclude with T ti E AREA BELLE: Messrs. J. L. Too7e, P. Bedford, K. Homer, Miss Woolgar, and Mrs. H. Lewis. Commence at 7. MISS BATSMAN.-L E A H.-THIS EVENING and EVERY EVENING.—Miss Bateman will appear in her great impersonation of the Jewish mallen until further notice In order lo give due effect to Vila most remarkable succesq of the se son, eaiirety new scenery by the celebrated artists Messrs. Danson and zt•ons, a. a Thorapsoi. New dry es. s and appo ntments have be, n pl - epareff for its production.—N. ti. In consequence of the 'Teasing and numerous applications at the Box-ofn.:.e, ar ing,ement- have Low been nade by which Seats m• y ob tamed a Fortnight In Auvt.n_e. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. under the Management of Mr. B. WEBSTER. Crowded with rank and fashion.— The highly successful new Con,:dy, by Dion Boueicault, Esq., every Evening. Be enga gement of those ce ebrated and popular artistes, Mr. an Mrs. Charles Mathews. Amongst the artists engaged will be found the ropular names of Mr. Benjamin Webster, Mr. Charles Mathews. Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. L. Toole, Mr. Clarke, Mr. P,4111 Bedford, Mr. F. tiobinson. Mr. Ashley ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mips IL , rbert, Mrs. Frank Matthews, Miss H. Simms, Miss A. Cottrell, Miss Fanny Josephs, Miss Patti Josephs, Miss Wentworth, and Mrs. Stirring. EVERY EVENING, at 7, A DAY AFTER THE WE DDING. Miss Herbert. At a quarter before 8, an entirely new and original Comedy in 5 acts, by Dion Boucicaulr, entitled THE FOX CHACE. Characters by Mr. Charles Mathews, Mr. Frank Matthews, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ash ey, Mr. W. Cham 'er laine ; Mrs. Chas. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews, and Miss Henrietta Simms (her first appearance here). At 10, OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND. Mr. Charles Mathews and Mr. Frank Matthews. To conclude with SHAKE HANDS Mr. J. Clarke ; Miss Fanny Josephs. Commence at 7. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE, Manager, 3.tr. W. 11. Swanborough. THIS EVENING, TURN HIM OUT. Followed by THE MAID OF HONOUR. Miss Ada Bwanborough. After which, 3IAZOURKA. Messrs. Honey, James, Fenton, Turner, &c. ; Marie Wilton, Simpson, To conclude with TIMOTHY TO THE RESCUE. Mr, r. Thorne. Commence at 7. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis •' 245. per ton. Double.. ....... 20 s. per ton. Top 23a. „ Nut 5........ ..... ISs. „ Devi) „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. Best Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Agent. THE THIRD EDITION OF THE SUN," Containing* the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, fall be bad Every hveni ng of G. It. GLkNIE, Nzwa Aczi.vr, No, 4, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. rieiieather—Sun Office, May 25, 1864. - THERI%IOMETER. This day at Two o'clock 6l. Barometer-30,33. Wind—W.; moderate breeze, and cicndy. _ - HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. nag DAY. — Morning, 4h. 29m.—Afternom, :4h. 50m. ro-stoWlow.-Morning, oh. 11m.—Afternoon , L 5ll . 38131* 1 7•V:0 4 Z i jig, 4446 AA-emw. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 1864. The Moniteur of last night announces a heavy loss to France and the EMPEROR in the death of Ma rs h a l FELISSIER, the Due de Aralskoff, and the official announcement is, in this instance, something m ore than a mere form of customary compliment. The death of the gallant soldier whose name is associated with the triumphant issue of the Crimean campaign, whose ducal coronet was earned in the stormy glories of the Malakoff, cannot fail to excite very general interest and regret. In this country the brave old Marshal has a double claim upon our sympathies. As a Soldier and as a Diplomatist, Marshal P ELISSIER is an object of peculiar interest to the English plople. Side by side with our own chiefs, he led the allied armies of FrancJ and of victory, and s i nce then, when England in the da y Ambassador from the Court of the Tuileries to that of St. JAMES, at a time of part i cular diplomatic dif ficulty, he fulfilled his mission with a tact and 11 8 . cretiou hardly to ha7e been exp:cted from his war like antecedents. The embassy of Marshal PELISSIER is still fresh in the popular recollection, rendered more remarkable, as it was at the time, by the marriage of the veteran Duke. Since that period the whilom Ambassador has re ceived yet greater honours at the hands of his Sovereign, having been appointed Governor cf Algeria, where many of hia earlier laurels had been gathered—laurels tarnished, un- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1864. a family out of such evils altogether if taken at the right time, and since no preaching or lecturing will suffice to guard against the temptation,the best plan is to make it the interest of the tradesman to secure ready money, when he must give good articles at a fair price if he hopes to retain his customers. Among the many societies which abound with us, and which flourish so favourably through the munificence and appreciation of the community, the Royal Geographical Scciety is worthy of a prominent position, and ought to receive due con- sideration. In no country other than ours should such an institution find a more flattering recep. tion or receive a more genial welcome, for we have the greatest interest in all that concerns foreign nations, and our commercial transactions extend to all parts of the earth. It has truly LATEST INTELLIGENCE heavy, and some of the The market closed as folio IREUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] 4t per Cents. 93 50 Do. end month 3 per Cents 66 60 Do. end month 66 65 Credit M obilier 1150 Do. end month 116 0 Bank Shares 3377 Credit F oncier 1 240 Roman AMERICA. (Per the City of Washington, via Crookhaven.) NEW YORK, MAT, 14 (Morning.) No fighting took place at Spottsylvania on the 11th instant. Early on the morning of the 12th Hancock vigorously charged, and captured the Confederate rifle-pits in his front, with 4,000 pri soners, two generals, and 30 guns. The battle con tinued furiously throughout the 12th, but all efforts to further penetrate Lee's lines were unavailing. During the night of the Lee retreated, leaving only a line of skirmishers in Grant's front. On the morning of the 13th inst. Grant started two divisions to ascertain whether Lee was occupy • ing a new position in the vicinity or making a thorough retreat. Reinforcements are being rapidly despatched to Grant. Federal cavalry has destroyed portions of rail road in Lee's rear. Sigel has destroyed Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and Gordonsville road. Butler is advancing against Drury's Bluff. There is an unreliable rumour of Sherman having occupied Dalton. Banks has retreated from Alexandria en route to Semmesport. The very latest accounts report Lee having crossed the Po River. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, MAY 14 Morning). Money abundant ; gold, 721 per cent. premium. Stocks slightly firmer. New York Centrals, 1301; Illinois Shares, 1241; Erie, 110; 6 per Cent. United States Bonds, 1061. (FROM THE TIMES' OWN CORRESPONDENT.) • NEW YORK, MAY 13, 6 P.M. I General Grant reports that during Wednesday night Hancock changed his position from the right to the left centre of the Federal line, and at half past 4 o'c►ock yesterday morning assaulted Lee's right, which he turned, capturing 25 cannon and 3,000 prisoners, among • whom were Generals Ed ward Johnson, Robert Johnson, and George Stewart. An engagement extending along nearly the whole line followed, which continued with greater or less severity throughout the day. General Sheridan, chief of Grant's cavalry, re ports, on the 10th inst., having destroyed eight miles of railway in Lee's rear, and the recapture of 500 Federal prisoners. Butler, under date near Chester Station, on the afternoon of May 12, states that Gilmore held the intrenchments at Bermuda Hundred, while Baldy Smith was demonstrating against the enemy at Fort Darling. Reported, via Cincinnati, that the Confederates had evacuated Dalton last night, and that Sherman occupied the city to day. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGEMCE, Gold opened this morning at 173, and declined to 1701, and closes 1721. Exchange, 1881-,. Government Sixes, 1881, registered, 1131 ; 5.20 (Coupons), 106 ; 7-30, 1101. New York Central Railway, 130; Erie, 1098 ; Illinois Central, 1231. Cotton, 858. Breadstnffs lower; provisions dull; sugars un changed in price ; coffee inactive. MAT 14, 11 A.M . Official and other despitobea from Tefield, in - Vir- ginia, to 8 o'clock yesterday morning, show Han cock's achievement on Thursday to have been less decisive than at first represented ; but two generals, Edward Johnson and George Stewart, were taken prisoners. Of the cannon reported captured, many remained an disputed ground on Thursday night, while it is not perfectly clear that a number of them were not re-captured by the Confoderates. No success whatever attended the Federals at other points of the line, their assaults against Lee's centre and left being invariably repulsed with great slaughter, and at nightfall the Confederates main tained their position in front of Spottsylvania Court House. _ _ Yesterday, at daybreak, it was discovered that during the night Lee had withdrawn across the River Po, it is believed to occupy a stronger posi tion on the North and South Anna rivers. linea are rather lower. Italian Loan 69 Do. end month 69 New ditto 42 Do. end month — Russian Austrian Spanish Threes 5l 60 Home Debt Deferred 'WAYS. Cash. Orleans G, G 1111:•••• 877 50 • • '''. "..... Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 875 .. 877 60 New ditto 872 50 .. Southern 645 .. 646 25 Western Eastern .... Sanlinian Austrian Lorrbard North of Spain Saragossa 555 .. 552 50 Ditto to Barcelona Account, Death of the Duke of Malakoff. been said that " the chart of our colonies is the It is satisfactory to find that the Lord Chan cellor's Bill for the Amendment of County Courts Act has passed the second reading. The bill may probably require a careful revision, and some of the clauses may need to be eliminated, or at least amended before it can be suffered to become law. Nevertheless, the principle upon which it is founded is a good one, and if it only deserves the purpose of directing public attention to the harshness and injustice of our present laws for the recovery of debts, it will have done good service. There is, however, every reason to :hope that a little de liberate and impartial consideration will remove all inconsistencies and drawbacks, and convert the bill into a really practicable and useful mea sure. It is true, as some of its opponents re marked, that there are two sides to the question, and that the creditor must be considered as well as the debtor. But it remains to be seen how far the honest and moderate creditor is benefited by the imprisonment of his debtor, when, as must be always the case among the humbler classes, it is only by the labour of the debtor's hands that he can hope to be paid. To imprison a man who is in the receipt of regular weekly wages, in order to compel him to make good hie deficient instalments, is a very unsatisfactory way of eetting about the business. If a man cannot, or will not pay, when he is in the receipt of 18s. or 20s. a week, it is not very likely that he will do so when he is deprived of his employment and consequent wages. Neither is it very probable that his wife and family, how ever anxious they may be to see their bread winner set free again, will be able to pay the debt. They have, in most instances, more than enough to do to keep themselves, and it is lucky if the anxiety of the law to protect the debtor's interests does not end by throwing a whole family on the parish—a burden to the ratepayers. The argument which some noble lords brought forward against the bill appears to us to be even mere untenable than the plea for the creditor's rights. Lord ST. LEONARDS and some other peers contended that the measure was most undesirlble, and would press hardly on the poor man, because it would deprive him of his only capital credit. Very often, said Lord ST. LEONARDS, the agricul tural labourer who earned 14s. or 15s. a week, could get on very well while he had work, but in wintry weather he was only employed for a short time, and if he had not credit with the grocer and baker with whom he dealt he must go to the workhouse. By their aid he could get through the time of enforced idleness, and could pay his debts when he got work again. But the debts must be paid out of the in come of 14s. cr 153. a week sooner or later. How much better then would it b 3 for the labourer to save it beforehand, to provide in the summer for the expenses of the winter that is coming, not the one that is past. By this means h. would he free from the chain of debt always hanging round him, he would get his goods much better and cheaper, and in case of sudden accident or illnesshis family would be beforehand with the world instead of behind hand. The credit system is always a ruinous one for the poor. They do not know their own expenses, they are tempted to incur debts for articles that they would never pay ready money for ; and the creditor too often takes full advantage of their obli gations to him by charging 50 or 60 per cent., knowing they dare not leave him. Then when ti de fatal order in court comes they only shift e'ree bar ben from one shoulder to the other, r. anning into debt in a fresh place until the instalments are paid. The poorer classes are always too ready to trust recklessly to the future, and to mortgage as it were their coming gains. This may be seen every day in the case of domestic servants, whe, however, good their wages, are seldom in possession of any thing beyonds the wants of the day. If such spend thrift management is censurable in the case of the man of business or the speculator, they have at least the excuse that the morrow may bring them a considerable addition to their means, but how reckless and foolish is it to forestal next month's or next year's earnings when there are the chances of illness, aecident, or loss of work to be taken into consideration, and under no circumstances is it likely that higher wages will be gained than those already found insufficient. Lord CRANWORTII very truly said that credit was no doubt important in the mer cantile .nd manufacturing world, but it could be no possible good to the poorer classes. " The ques don was asked what the poor man was to do when he was out of employment. But the question really was whether it was desirable to encourage the work ing man to spend by anticipation wages which he had not yet earned, or to live upon what which he had put by for such an occasion." Lord LYVEDEN, speaking from hie experience of the agricultural dis tricts, declared that no greater boon could be of fered to them than the abolition of what he styled the pernicious system of credit, " which was di rectly responsible for all the frauds practised on the poor, the rotten garments sold for them to wear and the miserable food palmed off for them to eat.', The debtors, said the noble lord, felt dependent on the tradesman who had trusted them, and went on running into debt for bad and dear things, fearing that if they left him he would enforce the law may be thought of ',"ne against them. W hatever wording of some of the clauses, or as to the best means of redressing the evils complained of, few persons can object to the proposition of Lord WEST.. BURY as to the questions w h ich should be put to a creditor who demanded his d e btor's imprisonment. He proposed to ask such a creditor whether he knew the position of his debtor when he suffered the debt to be incurred; whether he knew him to be a labour ing man dependent On his weekly earnings, and liable to lose them from sickness or other casualty ; whether he gave him credit without inquiry, merely for the sake of involving him in his books and charging him 100 percent. for the accommodation? Few creditors of the poor would pass satisfactorily through such an examination, and in a large pro portion of cases it would be proved that t i le debt had been really paid by the extra prices charged for the articles supplied. The more the poor are compelled to make to-day provide for to-morrow, instead of for yesterday, the greater will be the advantage to themselves and their families, and it is a very questionable kindness which, under cover of giving them temporary assistance in difficulties, involves them in a network of debt and law which can hardly be escaped from by years of toil and struggle. Half the trouble and anxiety spent in getting out of the clutches of the tally man, or in wiping off the score ut the general shop, would keep chart of the world in outline, for we sweep round the globe and touch every shore." The words of BYRON are truly applicable to the sphere of our authority— " Far as the breeze can bear the billow's foam Survey our empire, and behold our home." The anniversary meeting of the society appears to have been a satisfactory one, and Sir RODERICK MURCHISON'S re-election as President testifies to his successful fulfilment of the duties of that arduous position. The banquet which took place in the evening was a very brilliant entertainment, and there was ample scope for the display of elo• quence end the interchange of thought. The President very appropriately observed that the Prince of WALES had been a very distinguished traveller. In this more than anything else the education of the heir to the throne was excellent ; for if culture and information do not always im part the requisite knowledge, experience of the world cannot fail to do so. It must have been a satisfaction to the President of such a society to be able to recognise in the future ruler of these realms a Prince who "bad seen many lands." The President, in an interesting speech, described the difficulties with which that Institution had had to contend before it had reached its present prosperous condition, There are few things more instructive and more suggestive to notice than the early efforts which have been made by the founders of these societies to attain the height which is their due, and to assume the influential eminence from which they can impress their fellow countrymen with the right sense of their importance and influence. Cer tainly it is a matter of congratulation that the time has gone by when the members of this society had no place to meet in, and no receptacle for their books or maps. Such a condition of things was a disgrace to the country, and it is well that, amid all our shortcomings and failures, this discrepancy has at least been remedied. There is great truth in the assertion of the President, that the grant of public money for the diffusion of geographical knowledge was one which "redounded to the honour of the British Government and Legiislature." The members of this society have done much to serve the country, and have made its name famous in countries unexplored by those of ancient times. A more national society could hardly be imagined than one which facilitates our knowledge of other lands and our intercourse with distant ro an. The Chancellor of the Exchequer was, doubtless, glad to avail himself of the opportunity thus afforded to him of leaving the arena of politics for one more congenial to his taste, and to quit the storm of debate for the calm contemplation of science. As might be supposed, his address on:the occasion was well worthy of perusal, and must have afforded great satisfaction to the assembly. lie commenced by giving a geographical illustration of the forlorn condition of the society when it could find no rest ing-place. Ile compared it to the island of " Peloe." This of course created much amusement, and gave an appropriate finishing touch to the explanation so elaborately conveyed by the President. Mr. GLAD STONE, in those eloquent terms of which he is so skilled a proficient, described the importance of this Geographical Society as a national institution at the country, and truly stated that it " was the love of adventure, the boldness in facing danger, the strong self-reliance, the ready presence of mind, and all that constitutes the powerful indi viduality that lies at the root of the greatness of this country, which likewise had lain at the root of the greatness and the performances of the Royal Geo graphical Society. The hon. gentleman then con cluded his impressive oration by expressing an earnest hope that that institution might long take root and flourish among us as one of the many societies which, emanating from private enterprise, are the wonder and admiration of all foreigners who seek our shores. It is not necessary that a master of eloquence, like Mr. GLADSTONE, should inform us of these truths; but when the reality is placed before us in glowing utterances it should re ceive more marked attention, and be requited with a surer recognition. It is to be trusted that the merits of this noble institution may be more fully recognised, and that many hitherto ignorant of its full deserts, or indifferent to its many merits: may come forward and assist to the extent of their capabilities a society which can boast of such a glorious goal for its energies and so extended a field for its enterprise. To bring man face to face with man ,ir. regions hitherto untrod since the birth of time is one of the grandest exploits in which human nature can engage; and all that tends to increase our intercourse with foreign States, to extend our knowledge, and to improve our comprehension, is so much gained from the reign of ignorance, and added to the sphere of science, in whose impr eyed and extended light it is our boast to walx, in the hope of approaching near and nearer to its perfect day. Recognition of the South. ",..0 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—Te should think that enough of our kinsmen's blood ass been spilled in what Earl Russell at first desig nated as a lust for " empire and dominion"—Mr. Gladstone against the North stating that President Davis "had made a nation," and Sir Robert Pcel that it was useless for the North to continue such a useless struggle against a people resolved to be free. Now, as Mr. Lindsay's motion for the simple recognition of the South is to be brought forward on the 3d proximo, men of all parties, save the republicans of England, should support it. England recognised Belgium only a few months in re bellion, when Holland was able to subdue her. France recognised the present United States revolting from Eng. land two years after their rebellion and many years before their independence. Why then should not England and France on the same grounds recognise the South P if they can give reasons, let us have them. FAIR FLAY. OCEAN SUPEEMACY.—The United States in 1860 had a greater mercantile tonnage than the United Kingdom. owing to the shipping of the States having a monopoly of their own coasting trade (the gnatest in the world), as well as enjoying pari passu with British ships all our colonial, intercolonial, and coasting trade. In 1864 the shipping of the United States, or rather of New York and New England, is laid up, and the carrying trade of the ocean is transferred to other flags. What will be the con sequence when the South shall be independent ? That the shipping of England, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick will take the place of New York and New England between North and Soutb, and thus England will again recover the supremacy of the ocean, and become once more the mistress of the seas. Will any nation object to this? FATAL ACCIDENT TO A SON OF PRESIDENT Davis,—The _Richmond Examiner of the 2d reports the death of Joseph E. Davis, aged four years, second son of the Confederate President. He fell from the portico of the house, a distance of 15 feet, fracturing his hip and injuring Ilia head. die lingered a day or two and then died, happily, by unnecessary bloodshed, Marshal PELIS SIER in his earlier days had been somewhat too much of a disciplinarian. His sterner qualities were in his later years tempered with moderation and prudence, so that at the last he came to be regarded only as conspicuous for the virtues of the soldier. Those virtues are now over —his gallant sword will never again be unsheathed by its master's hand. The " paths of glory" have again led but "to the grave. Peace to his ashes! He leaves behind, the memory of a gallant soldier and a loyal citizen Frenchman whose name was dear to his country's friends and terrible to her foes—such a reputation is a posses sion no less honourable and no lees enviable than the ducal coronet that adorned his brows, or the mar shal's baton wielded by his hand. BAIL - Reter in its best as in its least sv the Duke of •,"htful- of the marshal's chat.. praiseworthy phases. It has been the good fortune Malakhoff to be enabled, by the wise tho,_ ness and statesmanlike tolerance of the Emperor, blot out the remembrance of Colonel Pelissier's dealings with the Arabs in his " green and salad days." When the Arabs lately petitioned the Em peror for protection against the encroachments of French settlers, it was through the veteran duke that the Emperor transmitted to them the noble message, "Remember that I am the Emperor of the Arabs as well as Emperor of the French ;" and the duke set himself loyally to work to carry out this greit maxim of the highest State policy with a zeal and success which have only stepped short of the most lasting good results becauoe the aged Governor-General has been suddenly removed from his turbulent but not inglorious proconsulate. 4 07 61111 1117111 bit 4 HER MAJESTY, BALMORAL, May 22. The Queen went out in the afternoon with their Royal Highnesses the Princess Leiningen and Prin cess Helena. Her Royal Highness the Princess Helena at. tended the parish church of Craithie in the morning. ir. Newman and the " Athenaeum," Grant is represented to be in pursuit, but, as the roads are in a bad condition, after the heavy fall of rain, amid which the battle was fought, he will have considerable difficulty in following. The carnage of Thursday is described as awful, and the men on both aides to have fallen like grain. No estimate of the loss is given. There is a report that Sigel has cut the Virginia Central Railway between Charlottesville and Lynchburg, and another report that he has been attacked and defeated by the Confederates under Breckenridge. Information was received at New Orleans on the 7th inst. that Forreat's cavalry had gained posses sion of all Sherman's railway communications, and had also destroyed several Federal transports on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Letters from New Orleans of the 7th announce that Banks is endeavouring to reach Bashear city with his army, his retreat from Alexandria, via the Red River, being eat off by the erection of Confe derate batteries on the banks of that stream, The steamers Ohio, Belli, Laurel Hill, Bella Donna, and Mittie Steph ens, with supplies and reinforcements for Banks, have been sunk or cap tured below Alexandria. All Admiral Porter's gunboats are above the falls of the Red River ; and, as the Confederates have turned the waters of the river into other channels their capture is considered inevitable, Major-General Wpovvell has been appointed to the command of the military department of the Pacific, and will leave for California immediately. This step is supposed to have been taken in view of the possibility of a rupture with France on the Mexican question. The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, adopted a resolution to drop from the army rolls all unemployed general officers, including Generals M'Clellan and Fremont. yesterday it passed the Bill giving to soldiers and sailors, both coloured, homesteads from confiscated confederate estates, Gold, 1721. THE RUSSIAN BUDGET FOR 1864, ST. PETERSBURG, MAT 24, Evening. The Russian Budget for 1864, which has been published to-day, shows an equilibrium. The public revenue is estimated at 401,000,000 roubles, of which 355,000,000 are from ordinary sources, 18,000,000 from Treasury Bonds, and 28,000,000 from the Anglo-Dutch loan. The expenditure is estimated at 364,000,000 roubles, to which there are to be added 37,000,000 for extraordinary military expenses. .............. FRANCE. BOURSE, May 24.—The market has been rather firmer,and the business done sho iirs a slight advance. Threes, for the Account, are now at 66f. 80c. Mobilier has improved to 1,163 E Railway Market The telegraph announces the almost sudden death of the Duke of Malakhoff, better known throughout Europe as Marshal Pelissier. The Veteran general has been for a long time past Commander-in-Chief in Algeria. He was unexpectedly taken ill a few days ago, and his iron constitution has given way in a very brief space of time. These sturdy and bluff French soldiers are often taken off at 70 or thereabouts; they do not seem to have in them the " calm repose" of peace which allows a 'Wellington a Combermere, a Lynedoch, a Seaton, in our own country, to live to extreme old age as honest squires among their own people, without the slightest aspi ration after more glory. Aimable Jean Jacques Pelissier, Dnke of Mala khoff, and a Marshal of France, was born on the 6th of November, 1794, at Maromme, in the Depart ment of the Lower Seine. His father was a powder manufacturer, or at all events connected with a large powder manufactory ; and it was said of the son that he " smelt powder" even in his cradle. The boy was educated at the Brussels Lyceum, at the School of Artillery of La Fleche, and then at St. Cyr. Two days after the arrival of Napoleon from Elba, Pelissier received his commission as suit-lieu tenant in the Artillery of the Royal Guard. During the famous Hundred Days he was incorporated into one of the regiments of the army of observation on the Rhine. After serving in the Departmental Legion of the Lower Seine he passed a brilliant examination early in 1819, and was placed on the royal staff. In 1823, as lieutenant of Eusears, he made the Spanish campaign, and was aide-decamp to General Grindler. His:conduct in this campaign won him the orders of the Legion of Honour and of St. Ferdinand. Ho was attached successively to the staffs of Generals Bourcke, Yellin, and Ledru des Essarts. Pelissier was appointed captain, April 1, 1827. He became aide-de camp to Gen. Durrieu, and in the campaign of the Morea—notably for his bravery at the siege of the Castle of the Morea— received the Orden of St. Louis and of the Saviour. Pelissier became lieutenant•colonel Nov. 2, 1839, and was for three years director of the staff in the province of Oran. He greatly distinguished him self by his bravery in the expedition against Tag dempt (May, 1841) at the fight of Ored Melab (July 11, 1841), &c., and he was named colonel (July 8, 1842) after the expedition of Cheliff. Bat as far as European notice is concerned, Pelissier first acquired it by his exploits in Algeria (he had been in Algeria before—in 1830), whither he went in the suit of General Bournmont. Twenty years ego his name was in every mouth in connection with his summary way of dealing with the Ouled Riahs, a Kabyl tribe which had never been sub• dued, because the country they inhabited contained immense caverns into which it would have been absolute insanity to lead invading troops. On the 18th of June, 1845, the (Riled Riahs finding them selves hotly pressed, retreated to their labyrinthine caves. The grottoes were surrounded, and lighted fascines placed at their entrances. The wretched people refused to surrender; more lighted fascines were thrown in. The Arabs refused to surrender again, and 500 were smoked to death there. It is needless to say that this awful story excited all Europe ; and the French Government and the French press were either indignant or faintly apologetic. A French paper gave a harrowing description of the dreadful two days in this oven — two days sufficing for the complete baking of an entire pastoral tribe, men, women, and children ; their own cattle goring them in the darkness of that awful prison. But as the official report ran, it was necessary that these people (ces Bens la) should be reduced to submission, and so they were. The Marquis de Boissy took occasion to inveigh most severely egainst the slaughter at D thra, And the Minister of the Interior, who had on a previous day expressed his disapproval and regret for it, Warmly defended Colonel Pelissier (" One of the most honourable officers of the army of Africa, whom I shall always praise"), who, he said, had to subdue assassins and traitors. Whatever opinion, however, may have been expressed on either sid e throughout Europe, though their tendency was almost one-sided, Col. Pelissier was sheltered from professional criticism by the boldness of Marshal Bugeaud, who took upon himself the responsibility of the whole matter. The naiveté of one French writer is worth recording on this point, " The chas tisement with which M. le Colonel Pelissier smote the Arabs shrprieed people by its novelty." In 1846 Colonel Pelissier was rewarded with the appointment of " Mareohal de Camp," and in 1848 was made major-general and commandant of the province of Oran. He further distinguished him self in Algeria, at the storming of Laghuat especially. In 1850 (April 15) he was promoted to a generalship of division; he commanded the pro vince of Oran, and was charged, ad interim, with the governor-generalship. He was nominated Grand Cress of the Legion of Honour, December 24, 1853. General Pelissier's achievements, happily for himself and his fame, were not confined to Algeria. When the Russian war broke out he was placed in command of the Ist corps of the Crimean army; and on the 16th of May, 1855, he succeeded Mar shal Canrobert as Commander.in-chief of the French army. Oa the 16th of August in that year the Russians attacked the French position on the Tchernaye, and were completely repulsed by Pelissier, who had under him divisions commanded by Generals Herbillon, Canava, Faucheux, and Morriss. The general's despatch announcing this glorious result arrived happily enough just in time to fall in with the grand entrance of the Queen of England and the Emperor of the French into Paris—passing through a double line of five miles of soldiery from the Boulevards to St. Cloud ; and it need hardly be said that the acclamations of the Parisians were considerably heightened by the glorious news just then oppartunely received. On the 9th of the ensuing September the glori ous news was received in Paris of the capture of the Malakhoff tower of Sebastopol by General Pe (taster's troops, who carried its redoubts and the Redan of Careening Bay in a short time. This finished the war. Sebastopol was taken. The official Paris paper announced (Sept. 13), " General Pelissier is made Marshal of France." He was made Duke of Malakhoff (July 22) and a senator of France. From 1858 (March 23) to 1859 (April 23) he held the somewhat uncongenial appointment of Ambassador in London. In spite of the attrac tions of his young and beautiful wife, a connection of the Empress of the French, the veteran marshal did not, it is well known, find diplomacy at all to tie taste. He retired, was again sent to Algeria (Nov. 24, 1860) as Governor-General, and there he has died. It remains to be added that in 1857 (March 18) a pension of 100,000 fr. was settled on Marshal Pelissier and his children ; that in the December of the same year he was nominated Vice-President of the Senate; in the February following, a member of the Privy Council ; on the 23d of July, 1856, Chaecellor of the Legion of Honour. However posterity may judge of the Duke of Malakhoff's character, no one will deny that he was a brave and self-sacrificing soldier, though he was a bluff and free spoken one. Hippolyte to a very favourable biography of him, prefixes the simple motto, " sEe triplex." However this may have been intended, the motto is exactly significant " More than one friend of Dr. Newman," says the Athenceum, " asks our attention to a paragraph in our last notice of the Apologia,' in which we ap- pear to have drawn a wrong conclusion from the words employed to record the conviction of his call. One of our correspondents says:—' Your reviewer in the notice of Dr. Newman's ' Apologia pro Vita sua,' Part 111., in the Athenceum of May 14, has by mistaking what he says, done the author a serious injury, though of course unintentionally. I have had no communication with Dr. Newman, and can not know whether the review has met his eye. But, as his friend, I am very anxious, for his sake, that the misapprehension should be corrected as early as possible. Your reviewer supposes that Dr. Newman still retains a conviction that he is elected to eternal glory; in other words, that he still holds the doctrine of final perseverance, or inadmissable justification. But his own words convey the very contrary mean ing. He says ' One of the first books I read, was a work of Romaine's ; I neither recollect the title nor the contents, except one doctrine, which of course I do not include among those which I believe to have come from a divine source, viz., the doctrine of final perseverance. I received it at once, and believed that the inward conversion of which I was conscious (and of which I still am more certain than that I have hands and feet) would last into the next life, and that I was elected to eternal glory.' Upon this, the reviewer observes, that it is well to know that this conviction of his being chosen for eternal glory has never passed away.' Dr. Newman says that he is still certain of the tact of his inward conversion ; but he does not say that he is certain of his election to eternal glory, and that he still holds the doctrine of the certainty of final perse verance. So far from it, that he expressly and carefully repudiates it. For he says he does not of course include that doctrine among those which he believes to have come from a divine source. It is evident that he rejects that doctrine now as a matter of course, because be is a Catholic, and no Catholic I can hold it. What then Dr. Newman really says is, that he still retains the conviction of his conver sion at a certain period ; but that the one doctrine in question, which he received then, he rejects now, as not having come from a divine source." As we quoted the passage on which our remark was based —the passage given above—our readers bad already before them the means of correcting an apparently erroneous inference. The Friend of Tranquillity and the Organ. Grinder, The following capital new vcrainn of George Canning's renowned Sapphics, in the Anti-Jacobin, appears in our elegant and facetious little sixpenny contemporary, The Owl, of this day (No. 1,004 !) but just now published : FRIEND Or TRANQUILLITY. Seedy Savoyard, wherefore art thou grinding ? Rough blows the wind, thy pipes are out of order, Old is thy tune, thy monkey is a nuisance, So is thy organ. Tiresome grinder, heocl'st thou not the sick ones Who on their couches restlessly reclining, Tortured all day, must hear thy hurdy-gurdy's Merciless strumming ? Tell me, Savoyard, how you come to grind so, Did some foul fiend tyrannically use you ? Why don't the Beaks or Beadle of the Parish Thrust you in prison ? Why can't some Babbage, for racking of his nerves, or Beer-making Bass, for his ears distracting, Or hardworked lawyer straightway pitch your little All in a horse-pond ? Have you not read the speech of Mr. M. Bass? Cheers of approval ringing through the Commons— You and your chattering monkey must return to Valleys of Savoy. ORGAN GRINDER, Savoy, Lord bless you; why should I return there? Only last night, while grinding on my organ, This poor old chap and monkey got eleven Bob in an hour, Hall porters came up for to beg me not to Make such a row, or they'd give me into charge ; I Laughed them to scorn, and asked them how they liked. "The Ratcather's Daughter." Babbage may rave and bluster, if he likes it, Bass may make beer or speeches as ho pleases, I, for my part, will not budge unless you give me Si: pence to move on. FRIEND OF TRANQ,DILLITY. I give thee sixpence 1 I'll see thee d— first I Wretch, whom no sense of nerves can move to pity, Dirty, unshaven, pilfering, degraded Impudent outcast. tho organ grinder, upsets his organ, lets loose his monk, Y, and exit in a transport of rage. PROFESSOR BABBAGE AND THE OB:GAN GRIDERS.—If anything could make the calculat. ing niachin.• of Professor Babb a g e "break forth into sing ing," it would bb surely the tidings that a bill is sliding through the house for the abolition of street-musiel Know ing the extent to which abitants in cities have to bear • and forbear, owing to difference o: tastes and of hours, to tho thinness of walls and other inevitb.ble circumstances,— th oug h possibly, few brain - workers are 1.70 re largely es bands as saulted than ourselves by "Faust on two br , .. at once, and "'!he Perfect Cure," and "II balen," And the Danish Hymn during three or four morning hours of t;:e season,—we have, on considerate principles, said less on this evil than others whose lot is cast in stiller places; but of late years it has grown so largely in dimension that we are satisfied the distress and damage done by it to the sick and the serious far outweigh any pleasure that it can give. For one invalid who is cheered by it, twenty are irritated into fever. For ten children who are set clueing, in the balcony, by the dismal barrel-organ (merriest, sometimes, when it plays a psalm tune), there are more than one student or scholar who dare not begin any grave work requiring abstraction till the time of night when they ought to be closing the desk. Self-control, if learnt at an early period of life. will, we are persuadhereed, do much for some t ime ; but it is past doubt that t are many whose nerves it will never harden—and thus, on striking the balance, we cannot but express an earnest wish that the blatrnt players on trumpets who finish by en dangering Christian bell-wires, as they impudently claim a fee for "the music," may be confined to their proper sphere o f tea-garden and race - co urse, or any place where people re sort for noise and revel—and that the penitential and droning barrel organ, even if presided over by the bright eyed Italian who takes us pleasantly back to the South by his " Ab, Signor 1 " may be constrained to "move on " without the intervention of our blue•coated guardians, I whose number does not eq,ual always our need of their • service. ARCHITECTURAL EXHIBITION. Last evening Mr. Aitchison delivered a lecture " On the use of iron for Architectural Purposes." Ths lecturer gave a succinct description of the merits of iron for building purposes, and its advantages in many respects over other building materials, such as stone, brickwork, timber. t&c.— first, for its greater strength; secondly, economy of space occupied (a very important consideration in cities where space is valuable, and, therefore, obliged to be economised) ; thirdly, additional safely arising from its incombustible cha racter. He combated the opinion that iron was objection able on account of the difficulty of giving graceful forms to it so as to render it beautiful or pleasing, and contended that, if rightly treated, it might be rendered not only useful but beautiful alto. The lecture we s copiously illustrated by diagrams showing its applicability, and was listened to with great attention by a numerous audience and warmly applauded. THE PRINCE OF WALES, as President of the Society of Arts, will present the Society's medals and prizes at Willis's Rooms, on Friday, June 24. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON is understood to have offered himself as a candidate for tho vacant chair of Mechanics, in the Academy of Sciences. Some opposition is made to his Majesty's claim, but his election may be con sidered as quite ede. The Frince and Princess of Wales. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Major Tees dale and Lieut. Colonel Keppell, was present at the parade of the troops at the Horse Guards yesterday morning, in honour of the Queen's birthday. The Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Prin cess Mary of Cambridge and Prince Adolphus of Mecklenburg:Strelitz, and attended by Lady Morton and Lieut. General Knollys, were also present at the parade of troops at the Horse Guards. The Prince of Wales rode on horseback, attended by Major Teesdale. The Prince and Princess of Wales took a carriage drive in the afternoon. The Duke and Duchess of Montpensier and the Princess Maria Isabella, of Orleans, and the Duke of Cambridge, visited the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz and Prince Adolphus, went to the Princess's Theatre in the evening, accompanied by Lady Morton and Major Teesdale. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has honoured Mr.Burraud with a sitting for his portrait for the picture of Hyde Park. The Queen's Birthday. INSPECTION OF THE GUARDS BY THE PRINCE OF WALES. The Horse Guards' parade on the Queen's birth day is always one of the most attractive sights of London, but yesterday it was unusually so, owing to the presence of their Royal Highnesses the Pi ince and Princess of Wales. The time announced for the muster was half-past nine, and by that time the space between the Horse Guards and the line of sentries was pretty fully occupied by the fortunate holders of tickets, while the Park beyond the lines presented a dense mass of heads. W hile the troops were arriving and taking up their ground the bands performed the " Albert Edward and Alexandra March," the " Coronation March," from "Le Prophete," and the " Grand March." At a few minutes past ten the blooming counteno ante of her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra appeared at the central window of the Horse Guards. She was accompanied by the Princess . Mary of Cam bridge and his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, and attended by the Countess of Morton and Lieut.- General Knollys. A few minutes later a brilliant line of staff uni4 forms was seen approaching, and the Prince of Wales, accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge and the staff, rode into the square, the Guards pre senting, and the united bands playing the National Anthem. The Prince wore his uniform as Colonel of the 10th Hussars, with the blue riband and star of the Garter. The Duke of Cambridge wore the Guards' uniform, with similar decorations. Their Royal Highnesses then inspected the line, the band playing the " Prince of Wales's Bridal March." The colours were then raised with all due formality, after the performance of a valse, and Gounod's beau tiful quick march, "La Kermesse," by the troop band and drums. The Guards then marched past, headed by the Life Guards, in slow and quick time, after which the Prince and the staff rode off the ground, and the Royal party left the window and entered their carriages and returned through the Park to Marl' borough House. Her Royal Highness, who during the inspection had conversed in an animated maw' ner with the Princess Mary, was accompanied in the first carriage by that lady and Prince Arthur, the remainder of the party following in a close car riage. The troops then marched to St. James's Palace, where the united bands played a selection from operas, &c., among which we may notice Gounod's chorus of soldiers, from "Faust," as bac" hog been very effectively rendered ; it is, however, needless to select any of the music for commendati on, for all was excellent. The bands were led by Dl D. Godfrey, master of the Grenadier Guards, w h° as senior bandmaster bad the conduct of all th e musical arrangements on this occasion. 1,1;0 At the great public establishments and p uu '' offices the day was celebrated with the usual monstrations of the loyal affection borne to ward° the Queen by her subjects. In the evening thel were numerous illuminations at the lirestel3 among the tradesmen of her Majesty --- The 45th birthday of her Majesty the Queen ' O l celebrated at Windsor with every demonstration 0 1 loyalty and respect. The houses in the prineiP ° 4 streets presented a gay appearance, being dec' with flags and banners having appropriate devic e° ; Early in the morning and throughout the dad merry peals were sent forth from the bells of J aLlu e Cmiar's Tower and St. John's Church. At 013 , o'clock a Royal salute was fired from the Co r P °l"a , tion ordnance by the town bombardier in the MI); Walk; also from the Royal Adelaide frigate ° , 13 Virginia Water, which was answered from tP batteries of Fort Belvedere. Her Majesty, through Major-General seyr-03,rt Deputy-Ringer of Windsor Great Park, ger. teroel prejented the Mayor and Corporation , who dO e i 0 together at the White Hart Hotel last night he honour of the day, with a Elie fat buck Jor occasion. THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA 1i going to Berlill July 10, THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON is going t o tare -II waters of Vichy again, as usual, at the end of the sea so The Duchess de Morny and. suite have arrived • the Clarendon Hotel, from Paris. Tne Earl of Dudley has arrived at Dudley for the season. Viscount Melville has arrive d in town fr ° Scotland. '3 Ol The Count and Countess Alexander Strogiil and family, with a very numerou s suite, have arrived itt Clarendon Hotel from St. Petersburg. , of o l The marriage of the Hon. E l len Stuart, se— ti daughter of Lord and Lady Blantyre, with Sir David 13'- is fixed to take place on the 15th proximo. Edit' Sir James Fergusson, M.P., and Lady Fergusson have arrived at 3, Park-street, Westoi°` from Stland. frOt Baro co n Von Der Decken has arrived in WM Hanover. SOCIAL SCIENCE A.BSOCIATION.---A. Vac etil3 t v i the department of Jurisprudence and Ecclesito'l,: Law was held at the rooms of this association 00 pig rot f e r v o ening, Lord Brougham in the chair. A letter 'ic ss o pt ko m Mr Hadfield, M.P., calling attention to the .Ju d g a : ti( . 2 Law Amendment Bill, and requesting the ,os°eg"''le to assist by laying evidence on the subject before th e T e ri , Committee of the House of Commons. The bill way d to the consideration of the st andin g committee of ""cvil partment. Mr Hastings called attention to the Lora b• celior's bill to amend the County Courts Acts. 17111 rt , was also referred to the standing committee, to be 6 %i upon at the next meeting of the department. A- ( U s t c ,: i ; then took place on a paper read at a previous luee"-as Mr Hastings, proposing a new Court of Eccle*it,l Jurisdiction, Lord Brougham, Mr Shaw Lefe ve ,', gt the Common Sergeant, Sir Eardley Wilmot, and ether tlemen, took part in the discussion, in which an 11 ' 19 ' -i ,cl; opinion was expressed that the ecclesiastical conttse-i; not long remain in their present condition, all,tO a greement was entertained in favour of the views c" - co in Mr Hastings' paper. The subject was referred committee for furtner inquiry. 1 1 t THE NEW NOVEL, " John Grescole author of " Paul Ferroll." vol e . —" John Gres":abi valuable addition to English literature. It is Per fe et picture, but the touch shows the master. is hom ely' gra ce and truth. Its interest is simple and A redt real; its language is easy and g raceful. We l'svi-„ce..3 w ith singular pleasure. The c haracters it int 76tr; na tural and healthy, and alf hit off in a few mote' o f It reminds us in some re s p ects of those noble IYr' e ° b ut Laureate, in which the thou g ht belongs to the 13g p re cious setting is all his own," —Sunday Times.